Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Yoga Sutra 1.10: Dreamless Sleep (Nidra)

http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras-10511.htm#1.10
(More discussion and graphics at this link)

Yoga Sutra 1.10: Dreamless sleep (nidra) is the subtle thought pattern which has as its object an inertia, blankness, absence, or negation of the other thought patterns (vrittis).
(abhava pratyaya alambana vritti nidra)

abhava = absence, non-existence, non-occurrence, negation, voidness, nothingness
pratyaya = the cause, the feeling, causal or cognitive principle, notion, content of mind, presented idea, cognition
alambana = support, substratum, leaning on, dependent on, having as a base or foundation
vritti = operations, activities, fluctuations, modifications, changes, or various forms of the mind-field
nidra = deep sleep

Introduction to Yoga Sutras:
http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras-intro.htm
Yoga Sutras Table of Sutras:
http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras.htm
Yoga Sutras List of Sutras:
http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras-list.htm
Yoga Sutras in Narrative:
http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras-narrative.htm
Chapters Outline of Yoga Sutras:
http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras-ch1.htm

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